AIK - IF Elfsborg 2 - 1

Allsvenskan 2013


AIK - IF Elfsborg (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2013
Match start: 2013-08-03 at 16:05
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
Attendance: 21,882

AIK displayed strong and offensive play when they faced IF Elfsborg at the National Arena in Friends Arena in Allsvenskan. After 18 minutes, the home team got rewarded when Celso Borges Mora beautifully found the net with an assist from Martin Kayongo-Mutumba, giving AIK a 1-0 lead.

IF Elfsborg brought on Simon Hedlund in the second half to try to turn the game around, and it paid off. In the 71st minute, Hedlund scored with an assist from Mohamed Bangura, equalizing the match at 1-1.

However, AIK did not back down, and they regained the lead in the 74th minute when Martin Lorentzson made a strong shot with an assist from Martin Kayongo-Mutumba, sending the ball into the net and making it 2-1 for AIK.

IF Elfsborg tried to come back from the deficit but instead received two yellow cards, one to Andréas Klarström and one to James Keene, and they were unable to score again. AIK held on and won the match 2-1 in front of a large crowd of 21,882 spectators.

Referee Jonas Eriksson had a relatively calm match and only issued three yellow cards, the last one to Celso Borges Mora in stoppage time. AIK won the match and thus climbed the table, while IF Elfsborg continues to struggle to find their form.

Squads

AIK

Starting squad

  • 13. Kyriakos Stamatopoulos (GK)
  • 3. Per Karlsson
  • 4. Nils-Eric Johansson (C)
  • 6. Alexander Milošević
  • 9. Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
  • 10. Celso Borges Mora (YC '90+3)
  • 11. Nabil Bahoui
  • 15. Robin Quaison (Off '76)
  • 16. Martin Lorentzson
  • 21. Chibuike Kennedy Igboananike
  • 36. Henok Goitom (D) (Off '82)

Substitutions

  • 35. Patrik Carlgren (GK)
  • 2. Niklas Backman
  • 5. Robert Åhman Persson (In '82)
  • 8. Daniel Tjernström (In '76)
  • 19. Alhassan A Haestad Kamara
  • 20. Ibrahim Moro
  • 25. Sam Lundholm

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 16. Viktor Claesson (GK) (Off '81)
  • 18. Mohamed Bangura (D)
  • 25. Marcus Rohdén (D)
  • 8. Anders Svensson (D) (C)
  • 4. Joakim Jørgensen (D) (Off '55)
  • 24. Stefan Ishizaki (M) (Off '63)
  • 15. Andréas Klarström (M) (YC '73)
  • 11. Daniel Mobaeck (M)
  • 27. Tom Söderberg (M)
  • 7. Johan Larsson (F)
  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK)

Substitutions

  • 30. Abbass Hassan (GK)
  • 3. Stefan Larsson
  • 6. Jon Jönsson
  • 10. David Elm (In '81)
  • 14. James Keene (In '63) (YC '76)
  • 19. Simon Hedlund (In '55)
  • 21. Henning Hauger

GK = Goalkeeper, D = Defender, M = Midfielder, F = Forward, C = Captain, Off = Substituted off, In = Substituted in, YC = Booked (Yellow card), RC = Sent off (Red card)